Monday, September 15, 2008

'War crimes conference' plans prosecution of Bush officials

On Saturday in Andover, as activists, scholars and legal experts gathered in the Wyndham hotel, the building suddenly went dark. Electricity had been cut off just prior to the start of a landmark war crimes conference which would plan the prosecution of Bush Administration officials. But at 7 a.m., the program was in flux, if only for a few moments

Sometimes you want a cloudy day

"When rain has wet the kite twine so that it can conduct the electric fire freely, you will find it streams out plentifully from the key at the approach of your knuckle, and with this key a phial, or Leiden jar, maybe charged: and from electric fire thus obtained spirits may be kindled, and all other electric experiments [may be] performed which are usually done by the help of a rubber glass globe or tube; and therefore the sameness of the electrical matter with that of lightening completely demonstrated."